Bio Details

Sunil Agarwal, M.D. is a co-founder of Sana and has served as our Executive Vice President and Head of Development and Chief Medical Officer since July 2018. Dr. Agarwal is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of our pipeline, building Sana’s development capabilities and helping to define and execute the overall corporate strategy. Prior to Sana, Dr. Agarwal was the President of Research and Development at Juno from April 2017 to May 2018, where he was responsible for the overall research and development strategy and execution. Prior to Juno, Dr. Agarwal served as partner at Sofinnova Ventures from August 2016 to April 2017. Dr. Agarwal also worked as the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company, from July 2014 to August 2016, where he was responsible for managing the company’s clinical development and operations, regulatory affairs, biometrics, pharmacovigilance, medical affairs, pharmacology, and toxicology functions. Dr. Agarwal also served in various leadership roles at Genentech, Inc. (acquired by Roche Holdings, Inc.) from 2003 to 2014, including Senior Vice President and Global Head of Clinical Development for ophthalmology, metabolism, neurosciences, immunology, and infectious diseases. Dr. Agarwal currently serves on the board of directors for Calithera Biosciences, Inc., a public biotechnology company, and previously served on the board of MyoKardia, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Agarwal completed his residency at Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC), Washington, D.C., and practiced in the CNMC Pediatric Emergency Department. He obtained a B.S. in neurobiology from Cornell University and an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine.